Razor



April 8, 1924. 1,489,460

- A. G, ROBERTSON RAZOR Filed July '7. 1923 Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

ATHOI-E GEORGE ROBERTSON,

or ronom'o, onraaro, CANADA.

RAZOR.

Application med July 7,

To all whom it may corwem:

Be it known that I, A'rHoLn Gnonon Ronmu'soN, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to razors of the safety type. These razors comprise a holder, guard and a removable blade, the blade being discarded when dull and a new one insorted. While these blades are comparatively cheap, the holder is more or less expens ve.

y object is to devise a razor in which the holder, guard and blade are of integral construction so that the purchase of the holder may be avoided, and which will cost so little more to make than an ordinary blade, that it may be discarded when dull. Further objects will hereinafter appear.

I attain my objects b means of the constructions hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a cross proved razor;

Fig. 2 a plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 a cm section of a modified form of razor.

section through my im- My razor coizgrises a blank of suitable hm steel, which bla is preferably bent intermediate the sides thereof to form the handle 1. The art at each side of the handle forms a b ade 2 and is provided with a suitable cutting edge. A plurality of tongues or guards 3 are stamped u from the b ank just back of the cutting go and bent outward] over the blade so that their ends extend just beyond the cutting edge and form a suitable safety guard.

As in shaving with safety razors as heretofore known, it is usual to draw the blade down over the face in the same direction as the natural growth of the beard, I find, however, that more satisfactory results can be attained if the cutting edge of the blade is held at an angle to the natural direction of growth of the beard. As it is diificult to hold the ordinary safety razor with the 00111 0 518 culty by arrangin the cutting ed at an angle to the handfia. The user ho ds the razor with the handle in the accustomed position, and the cutting edge will a plurality of at the desirable angle, I over be 1923. Serial No. 650,179.

then be at an angle to the natural direction of growth of the beard,.and will therefore cut the beard with a shearing action.

The blades might be straight as shown in Fig. 1, or they may be curved as shown in Fig.- 3. It is also obvious that the handle 2 may formed as a separate iece which may be suitably secured to the b ades.

The construction above described may be used as a tool for cleaning off, smoothing or treating wooden will be understood that the term razor in the claims is intended'to cover any such tool. From the above description it will be seen that I have d will satisfactorily attain the objects of my invention as set out in the preamble of this specification.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a razor or cutting edge at one side thereof, and havin a plurality of guards stem ed up therefrom intermediate the sides of t e blade and bent back over the face of the blade and extending beyond the cutting edge.

2. In a razor or the like, a blade havin a cutting edge at one side thereof, and having adjacent the cutt g edge and bent back over the face of the blade and extendin beyond the cutting edge; a handle for said blade bed said guards, the handl e extending transversely along the blade and at an angle to the cutting e 3. A razor or the like, comprising an integral piece of metal having a cutting edge formed at each sidethereof and having a plurahty of guards stamped up therefrom.

adjacent each cutting edge, said guards being bent 'over the face of the blade and extending beyond the cutting edges, a handle for said razor, the handle extending transversely of the blade and at an angle to the cutting edges.

4. A razor or the like comprising an integral iece of metal having a cutting edge formed at each side thereof and having a plurality of guards stamped up behind each cutting edge, said guards bein bent over the face of the blade and exten 'ng beyond the cutting edges, said iece of metal be' nt up in loop form tween the cutting edges to form a handle.

5. A ra'zor or the like comprising anintegral iece of metal having a cutting edge for at each side thereof, said piece of the like, a blade havin a guards stamped up therefrom or other surfaces, and it g Y memes metal beingbent up in loop form between formed at each side thereof and having a the cutting edges to form a handle. plurality-of guards stam d up behind each 16. A razor or the like comprising an incutting edge, said guard bein bent over tegraldpiece of metal having a cutting edge the face-0f the blade and exten ing beyond 16 5 forme at each side thereof, said iece of the cutting edges, said iece of metal being metal being bent up in loop form etween bent up in loop form etween the cutting the cutting edges to form a handle the edges and at an angle thereto to form a handle extending transversely of the blade handle. and at an angle to the cutting edges. SLiEned at Toronto, Canada, this 17th day 20 10 7. A razor or the like comprising an inof ay, 1923.

tegral piece of metal having a cuttmg edge ATHOLE GEORGE ROBERTSON. 

